Slackware and RocketRaid 454 native mode

Post by **raw** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:25 am

I got the generic opensource driver from http://www.highpoint-tech.com and compiled it. I can load the driver using insmod hpt374.o and it detects everything fine. I reboot my machine and the driver is no longer loaded but at the same time I'm missing some dependencies which cause tulip to not start (I know, networking)...Any ideas on how I can clean up my mess here?

Post by **raw** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:28 am

Specs: Slackware 10 running RAID 5 (hardware). I should also not when doing the insmod hpt374.0 it detected it as sda which I then fdisked and formatted successfully as sda1.

Post by **Dave** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:29 am

I'm putting gentoo on my dull.. maybe you should take the hint and drop slack

Post by **raw** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:17 pm

I have Gentoo on a disk, ready to install already so eat my cack. I just need to backup some files.

Post by **raw** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:05 am

Alright, I'm running on Gentoo with only a few minor issues I have to fix real quick but I'm actually QUITE impressed with its packager.

Post by **raw** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:33 am

Did some reading and as it seems I'm better off running a Linux software RAID. So I'm going to do that on my new gentoo install.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:38 am

i'm sorry i cant help ya raw, This is way out of my league.

Post by **raw** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:59 am

I'm not that much of a n00b and I already had it setup for software RAID 5 but wanted to see how it would work as a hardware RAID 5. The RAID controller is a cheap ass solution so I'm better off with a Linux software RAID.

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:15 am

RAW: still putzing around w/ Slackware?? Switch to linspire and be done w/ it

Software raid is actually quite handy in certain circumstances - and in some places i'd recommend it over a hardware raid config; really depends on the usage, deployment, etc.

Post by **Disruptor** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:39 pm

raw wrote:The RAID controller is a cheap ass solution so I'm better off with a Linux software RAID.

Damn right. One day in the future when your controller decides to shit all over itself and you can't find another card to replace it with, you will ask yourself, "Why didn't I just go with software RAID?"

BTW, sup raw?

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:24 am

Disruptor wrote:
raw wrote:The RAID controller is a cheap ass solution so I'm better off with a Linux software RAID.
Damn right. One day in the future when your controller decides to shit all over itself and you can't find another card to replace it with, you will ask yourself, "Why didn't I just go with software RAID?"

:icon14:

Post by **glossy** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:04 am

JulesWinnfield wrote:RAW: still putzing around w/ Slackware?? Switch to linspire and be done w/ it

Software raid is actually quite handy in certain circumstances - and in some places i'd recommend it over a hardware raid config; really depends on the usage, deployment, etc.

what if the software for the software RAID gets currupted/dies, or the disk it's on?

Post by **Tormentius** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:30 am

glossy wrote:
what if the software for the software RAID gets currupted/dies, or the disk it's on?

:icon6:

I'm speaking from Windows experience here but I have never once heard of RAID corruption happening and, even if it did, RAID isn't a replacement for a backup. If the disk died....well thats kind of the point of RAID in the first place now isn't it.

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:48 pm

My .02: software RAID's been around long enough and has been locked down tighter than Andy Dick's vagina by OSes such as AIX and HPUX to the point that I'd gladly bet my last ball that it's as stable as most hardware raid and likely more stable than most ATA RAID. If you don't mind the performance hit and won't need to run a relational multithreaded database it's the best bet.

Post by **raw** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:37 am

Disruptor wrote:
raw wrote:The RAID controller is a cheap ass solution so I'm better off with a Linux software RAID.
Damn right. One day in the future when your controller decides to shit all over itself and you can't find another card to replace it with, you will ask yourself, "Why didn't I just go with software RAID?"

BTW, sup raw?

Heya Dis! I ended up going back to software RAID with the latest Gentoo which I totally love. Emerge is the bomb and I'm actually working at a new job which depends on my Linux/Unix skills which makes me a *nix professional now.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:01 am

I've got a 454. They alright? I don't know much about RAID cards but my impressions were good one this one.

I mean it's no server-grade kit but for a gaming rig it's an OK choice?

Post by **raw** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:51 am

I'm quite unhappy with it. I should have spent $200 more and got a hardware RAID card.

Post by **Disruptor** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:13 am

raw wrote:
Disruptor wrote:
raw wrote:The RAID controller is a cheap ass solution so I'm better off with a Linux software RAID.
Damn right. One day in the future when your controller decides to shit all over itself and you can't find another card to replace it with, you will ask yourself, "Why didn't I just go with software RAID?"

BTW, sup raw?
Heya Dis! I ended up going back to software RAID with the latest Gentoo which I totally love. Emerge is the bomb and I'm actually working at a new job which depends on my Linux/Unix skills which makes me a *nix professional now.

Nice.

So, you still a sysadmin at this job or are you doing something different?

BTW, I have been tied up with an ungodly Active Directory conversion (we are talking 100,000+ users at about 2000+ sites spread out across the country) that has been 5 years in planning. :icon28:

Post by **raw** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 3:46 pm

I'm one of the three network administrators at my job which is considered the "Infrastructure" department. We pretty much do it all.